Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe won the last Grand Tour of the 2024 season, setting the benchmark for 2025. Next year, winning a Grand Tour is back on the wish list.
To achieve this ambitious goal and win the third Grand Tour title in the team’s history, the team is relying on the full strength of its ranked riders.
After a year off, Primož Roglič will return to the Giro d’Italia. In 2016, the Giro was the first Grand Tour he ever raced. He finished third in his second appearance and took home the maglia rosa in 2023. Now a comeback is planned. The road to the Grande Partenza includes the Volta ao Algarve in February and the Volta a Catalunya in March.
Jai Hindley, the 2022 winner, and Dani Martínez, the 2024 runner-up, also have the Giro in their plans. Hindley will use Tirreno-Adriatico to prepare for it, while Martínez will race Paris-Nice.
Tour de France next highlight
The second Grand Tour highlight on the calendar is the Tour de France, where Primož Roglič will compete. He will be joined in his GC ambitions by Aleks Vlasov and Dani Martínez. For the Vuelta a España, the team plans to have two leaders: Jai Hindley and Aleks Vlasov will race together in the race that Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe won this year.
Ralph Denk, CEO Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe: “We had a successful season. But of course we are ambitious and want to achieve more. We finished second in the Giro and won the Vuelta, so winning a Grand Tour again is the logical goal for 2025. That is what drives us and with our strong squad it is absolutely within our reach.”
One-day races back in focus
With a transfer offensive, the team has also repositioned itself for the one-day races. Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe will tackle the cobbled classics with the new depth of the team. In the demanding one-day races, such as the Ardennes, newcomer Maxim Van Gils will play an important role.
Ralph Denk: “In the long term, we want to establish ourselves as the most attractive brand in cycling. In addition to the Grand Tours, there are many highlights on the calendar that we can influence with our style. These include the week-long tours, where our GC talents can take responsibility and make the next step. Or the one-day races, for which we have specifically strengthened our team with new riders and on which we are also focusing.”
